[wutwutwat]

You realize they are using drones that you or I can buy on amazon, to blow up tanks and people in an ongoing war?

> The logic was simple, Pharmacist says: Exploding drones cost roughly $400 to make, while a conventional projectile can cost nearly 10 times as much. Even if it requires multiple drones to take out a tank — and sometimes it does — it is still worth it.

> But first they had to modify commercial drones with hardware and software to suit the battlefield, enabling them to penetrate deeper behind enemy lines without being detected or jammed. A breakthrough came through the clever use of several drones in unison.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-ukraine-soldiers-use-...

Cell phone w/ 5G and a time investment from a software engineer could make the range limitless. The point is, it's entirely possible to remotely drone strike using shit from amazon if one were so inclined.

[micromacrofoot]

> could make the range limitless

do you have an infinite battery technology? no one's crossing international borders with diy assassin drones unless it's like a mile across the canadian or mexican border — much easier to just shoot someone

[wutwutwat]

I meant wireless range to control it, not fuel/battery range.

You're assuming they intend to fly the drone across an ocean or something to hit a target. We don't fly predator drones across the ocean either, they are transported somewhere via other means, and then deployed to the area needed in a way they have the range to actually hit their target.

Leaving something on a building rooftop and flying back home to later operate it is not an impossible idea. Use your imagination, there are many ways. Fedex is a thing too.

[micromacrofoot]

yes, but there's always some trail this way... travel logs, mailing logs, someone there to set it up, etc

again, just easier to shoot someone... we don't need to make up imaginary drone violence, there's not much reason for it outside of a warzone

[wutwutwat]

> yes, but there's always some trail this way... travel logs, mailing logs, someone there to set it up, etc

All meaningless if you don't fly and use only cash, and a fake ID

> again, just easier to shoot someone... we don't need to make up imaginary drone violence, there's not much reason for it outside of a warzone

I didn't think it was easier than shooting someone. All of this stems from me saying it's only a matter of time until a psycho mounts a gun onto a drone and flies it over a crowd. We have a mass shooting once a week. Tech is easier and more accessible and only continues to be easier and more available. If soldiers are taking off the shelf drones and using them to easily kill people on the cheap, it's only a matter of time until instead of a box of ammo and trench coat, someone throws on a dji vr headset and flies a drone with either a gun on it or a bomb.

It's not imaginary

> Just a few months ago, a head of state was attacked with off-the-shelf consumer drones — an apparent first. It happened in broad daylight on August 4 in Venezuela. According to police, the drones exploded and missed their target

https://www.defenseone.com/feature/against-the-drones/

> Armed men allegedly identified as members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) attacked the community of Pinolapa, in the municipality of Tepalcatepec, in the state of Michoacán, with drones loaded with explosives.

> residents of the area indicated that the drones were loaded with C4 explosives and fragmentation grenades

https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/mexican-cartel-tactica...

https://www.politico.eu/article/future-warfare-400-army-stri...

It's illogical to think it won't happen at some point